Glass cleansing device



- Nov. 21, 1933. D, J PA'RMER 1,936,259

GLASS CLEANSING DEVICE Filed Dec. 20, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I ,nvenlorNov. 21, 19 33. J PARMER 1,936,259

'GLAS S CLEANS ING DEVICE Filed Dec. 20, 1932 2 Shets-Sheet 2 jezzkzlfar nef Inventor Patented Nov. 21, 1933 GLASS cnmnsmo DEVICE DolphinJ. m-mer, Chipley, m

. Application December 20, 1932 SCI-[81 N0. 648,112

3 Claims. (CL -4211) This invention relatesto an improved appliance ordevice expressly, but not necessarily, adapted for public service use atbeverage fountains and the like, said device being especially 6constructed for effectively cleansing drinking glasses.

Briefly stated, the preferred embodiment of the invention comprises areceptacle provided with appropriate attaching means, and'internal.

10 swabbing or sponging means for simultaneously cleaning the drinkingglass externally and in ternally.

More specifically, the device depends for novelty on the provision of a,receptacle lined with a porous compressible sponge for cleaning theexterior of the glass, and a centralized sponge covered mandrel foreffectively cleaning the interior of the glass.

A further feature vof the invention is predicated upon the provision ofa rubber attaching base formed with a suction cup, whereby to permit thedevice to be conveniently attached to accessible portions behind thecounter or fountain where it will be handy for expeditious use.

Other features and advantages of the invention will become more readilyapparent from. the following description and drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevational view illustrating the preferred embodiment ofthe invention as corn structed in accordance with the fundamentalprinciples of this case.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of Figure 1 with the glass removed. e Figure3 is a vertical sectional view on an enlarged scale.

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view. The general arrangement may wellbe seen in Figure 3, wherein it will be observed that the go numeral 5designates the base. As before implied, this comprises a suitably shapedrubber body of appropriate tensile strength which is here shown as ofhollow form. The bottom or the base is of concaved formation to definewhat may be designatedas an attaching suction cup 6. This permits thebase, as a unit, to be temporarily applied and held in place at variousscrew-threaded stem or shank 8 of afrustoconical aluminum core 9.

The threaded end 01' this stud or stem extends through an opening in thetop of the base where it is secured by a retaining nut 10. This providesa convenient means of assembling the parts 5, '7 and 9. The hollowaluminum core 9 forms a. salient feature of the central perpendicularmandrel. The mandrel proper is simply a compressible rubber sponge 11which entirely covers the core. Thus we have a simple scrub-- bing orswabbing mandrel for cleaning'the interior of the drinking glass 12.

As before implied, the aluminum cup or cylinder 7 is lined interiorlywith a complemental m or companion swabbing sponge 13 of appropriatethickness. The sponge l8 cooperates with the sponge 11 in defining agroove 14: for reception of the glass. It will be noted however that anannular ledge 15 constitutes a partof the sponge 7a lining and definesthe bottom of the groove so that it serves as a guard or protector sothat when the glass is shoved down violently there will be less chanceof breakage.

It is of course possible to make both of the 8g sponges as a single unitby simply cutting a glass reception groove therein and this is plainlywithin thelimits of the invention as claimed. in fact, in its broadestconception the invention comprises an attaching base and a receptaclefor the drinking glass wherein the receptacle sponging means forinternally and externally cleansing the drinking glass.

In practice, a soapy water is placed in the container and by simplyinserting the glass in an inw verted position as illustrated in dottedlines in Figure 3 and by reciprocating and oscillating the glass in anevident manner, it may be quickly cleaned, removed, rinsed, and allowedto dry for dependable and sanitary use by the cus= g5 isomers.

By preference, the sponges l1 and it are made separate so that they maybe individually removed and replaced when unduly worn.

It is thought from the foregoing description me that the advantages andnovel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction andin the combination and arrangement of the several parts provid- 1 ofsaid base being of concaved form to define a retaining suction cup, anopen top cup-like receptacle having its bottom wall attached to saidbase, a hollow centralized core attached to the center of the bottom ofthe receptacle, an inverted glass-shaped sponge fitted over said core tofunction as a mandrel on which a glass is placed, reciprocated andturned, and a sponge lining for the interior of said receptacle, thatportion of the lining within the vicinity of said mandrel sponge beingspaced from the mandrel sponge to form a glass receiving space.

2. A drinking glass cleansing device comprising a circular hollowelastic rubber base, the bottom of said base being formed with aretention suction cup, an open-top cup-like aluminum receptacle seatedon the top oi the base and having a central aperture in its base, theadjacent portion of said base being apertured and the two aperturesregistering with each other, a irustoconical perpendicular aluminum coreformed at its bottom with a screw-threaded stud extending down throughthe registering apertures, a retaining nut carried by the screw-threadedend of the stud for maintaining the base, receptacle and core inassembled relationship, an invertedglass-ishaped sponge fitted over saidcore to provide a compressible swabbing mandrel for the interior of aglass, an annular sponge lining the interior of said receptacle andsurrounding the first-named sponge in concentric relationship, v

ed position over the central portion, an annular portion about andspaced from the central portion for engaging the exterior surfaces ofthe sides of the receptacle to be cleaned and a bottom por-' tionlocated between the bases of the central and annular portions forcontacting the edges of the mouth of the receptacle to becleaned.

DELPHIN J. PARNER.

